- [Narrator] So now that we know a little bit about…drawing basic shapes and a few other things besides.…It's time to start looking at how we can combine shapes…together in various different ways to make brand new things.…And in this movie we're going to take a look at two things,…compound parts and compound shapes.…So what I'm going to do here is get these…first green circles on the side here and in some way…get them to interact…with the circles on the right hand side.…

I'm just working with a file…that I have in the exercise files here.…Although I'm sure you could create your own by now…to work along with this quite comfortably.…So I'm just going to get this green shape…and drag it over the top of this magenta shape, like so.…And then I'll select both of those two things…and I'm going to combine them in to a compound path.…Now compound paths interact to cut one shape out of another.…The shortcut for this is command + 8 or control + 8,…and if I do that you'll see that now the green shape…has disappeared and the resulting…

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6/12/2017

Illustrator can be used to accomplish many different design tasks. This course covers core concepts and techniques that can be applied to any workflow for print, for the web, or for assets that will find their way into other applications. Tony Harmer explains the elements that make up vector graphics—paths, strokes, and fills—and shows how to use each Illustrator drawing tool. He demonstrates how to combine and clean up paths, and organize them into groups and layers. Tony also covers text editing, working with color, expressive brush drawing, effects, and much more.